Openminds.tv » Queenslandhttp://www.openminds.tv
Exploring UFOs and Extraterrestrial LifeTue, 31 Mar 2015 21:47:43 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1Bright blue UFO in Queenslandhttp://www.openminds.tv/bright-blue-ufo-queensland/31726
http://www.openminds.tv/bright-blue-ufo-queensland/31726#commentsFri, 16 Jan 2015 23:56:27 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=31726A witness observed a bright blue UFO streaking through the sky above Bundaberg in Queensland, Australia on the evening of Thursday, January 15. Ryan Peat noticed the aerial object from his backyard at approximately 6:25 p.m. He explains to local media outlet Bundaberg NewsMail, “It was travelling much like a shooting star but not as ...

]]>A witness observed a bright blue UFO streaking through the sky above Bundaberg in Queensland, Australia on the evening of Thursday, January 15.

Ryan Peat noticed the aerial object from his backyard at approximately 6:25 p.m. He explains to local media outlet Bundaberg NewsMail, “It was travelling much like a shooting star but not as fast.”

He says this blue streaking UFO “then started to turn green and little specks of light started to trail behind it before it disintegrated.”

Bundaberg, Australia. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Mary Rodwell of the Australian Close Encounter Resource Network points out that UFOs are common in the Bundaberg region. But based on Peat’s description, the UFO in this case was likely a meteor or other space debris entering the atmosphere.

Peat agrees that this is the likely explanation for what he observed. But, still, as the Bundaberg NewsMail points out, “Whether it was space junk, a meteorite, shooting star or something of the extra terrestrial kind, Mr Peat said the UFO sighting wasn’t one he would forget in a hurry.”

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/bright-blue-ufo-queensland/31726/feed0Video shows multi-colored UFO over Australia’s Gold Coasthttp://www.openminds.tv/video-shows-multi-colored-ufo-australias-gold-coast/26610
http://www.openminds.tv/video-shows-multi-colored-ufo-australias-gold-coast/26610#commentsThu, 20 Mar 2014 18:28:44 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=26610A UFO video shows a brightly illuminated object moving through the sky above the Queensland, Australia city of Gold Coast. The video was recorded on Thursday, March 13 by Gold Coast resident Jack Purcell, who describes that the object hovered above the sea. The witness was initially alerted to the UFO by his mother who ...

]]>A UFO video shows a brightly illuminated object moving through the sky above the Queensland, Australia city of Gold Coast.

The video was recorded on Thursday, March 13 by Gold Coast resident Jack Purcell, who describes that the object hovered above the sea. The witness was initially alerted to the UFO by his mother who pointed it out, thinking it was a colorful airplane. Purcell ran inside his home to retrieve his camera after seeing the object stop and hover in the sky.

The aerial object in the video flashes multi-colored lights in various patterns.

UFO over Gold Coast. (Credit: YouTube/Jack Purcell)

Purcell posted his video to YouTube with the following description:

Ok so I’m pretty sure I’ve captured a UFO on camera. Early last night we saw flashing lights in the sky and I ran and got my camera to record it. The cops came straight away and told everyone that they had no idea what it was and they were going to “call it in.” When I ran inside to get my phone, everyone said that they saw another huge light twice it’s size zoom across the sky and disappear. At the end of this video, I slowed the footage down and stabilised it and you can clearly see that it’s a giant triangle with flashing lights. After I finished recording, it zipped down really quickly and vanished. So weird. Sorry about the shaky footage, it was filmed on my handheld camera.

According to the International Business Times, “Gold Coast Police said it was notified about the object but believes it was a radio controlled device.” Further, a spokesman added, “If it was anything larger it would have been picked up by the air control radars.”

The educated guess offered by police is a plausible explanation, as the appearance and behavior of the UFO in the video strongly resembles a remote-controlled craft adorned with multi-colored LED lights, which have become common items sold by hobby shops and toy stores. But Purcell is not convinced that the UFO was simply a remote-controlled toy. He explains, “Keep in mind that this thing was at least four times the size of the police helicopters that flew by.”

]]>A medical student at James Cook University photographed multiple saucer-shaped objects in the sky above the Australian city of Townsville, Queensland on Tuesday, November 5.

The Courier Mail reports that witness Joshua Thompson saw small black birds filling the sky while he was driving home at approximately 6 p.m. He took photos of the birds with his iPhone 5, but, when he reviewed the photos later, he noticed something strange in the photos with the birds.

Thompson created a video from his photos and uploaded it to YouTube with the following description:

I saw hundreds of thousands of black birds flying towards a river. When I took a photo on my iPhone 5 and looked back at the photo I noticed 2 small saucer shaped objects in the sky and in the next photo a burst of yellow light in the shape of a disk and 6 small lights in the sky. There seems to be a black shadow behind the object and another object in the top of the sky, flying away.

He told the Courier Mail, “The six small lights really weirded me out . . . You can see them really clearly in this ring type of thing.” Thompson also offered his speculation that “the birds may have been some sort of cover for it to get away.”

Thompson took his photos while he was driving, but it is unclear if the photos were taken behind glass or if a window was rolled down. If, in fact, the photos were taken behind one of the car’s windows, reflections by the iPhone camera’s flash or other light sources could potentially explain the odd lights. But Thompson is convinced that he photographed something extraordinary.

In a comment on YouTube, he explains, “I’ve been watching Ancient Aliens and have been convinced aliens have contacted earth for 1000s of years. But never had a real experience . . . I swear this has been uploaded straight from my phone- plus I’ve submitted it to a [reputable] UFO site who said it will be shown as evidence on the site.”

The Courier Mail checked with the Townsville City Council’s parks department, but a spokesperson said he was not aware of any recent reports of unusual aerial activity.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/medical-student-photographs-saucer-shaped-ufos-queensland-1198/24820/feed7Woman records video of a UFO in Queensland, Australiahttp://www.openminds.tv/woman-records-video-of-a-ufo-in-queensland-australia-1083/22905
http://www.openminds.tv/woman-records-video-of-a-ufo-in-queensland-australia-1083/22905#commentsWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:10:49 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=22905A woman in the Queensland city of Bundaberg captured video of a strange light in the sky on March 18, 2013. The anonymous woman reported her UFO sighting to the Bundaberg NewsMail–Bundaberg’s daily newspaper. She explained to the paper, “At about 9:15 pm as I was watching television I saw through the open lounge room ...

]]>A woman in the Queensland city of Bundaberg captured video of a strange light in the sky on March 18, 2013.

UFO seen over Bundaberg. (Credit: Bundaberg NewsMail)

The anonymous woman reported her UFO sighting to the Bundaberg NewsMail–Bundaberg’s daily newspaper. She explained to the paper, “At about 9:15 pm as I was watching television I saw through the open lounge room door a blue light that came down like a beam not far from our house, or at least it looked like that . . . It came down from the sky, deathly quiet, and then disappeared.”

She posted her video to her Facebook page, and sent it to the Bundaberg NewsMail as well, hoping that someone might be able to shed some light on the mysterious object she observed. She told the paper, “Of course there could be quite a simple explanation for it, but I can’t think of one.”

This anonymous woman’s sighting is just one of many that have been reported to the Bundaberg NewsMail recently. Another interesting sighting was reported to the paper by retired train driver Victor Olsen.

According to Olsen, strange lights in the sky were commonly seen by the train’s night workers. But he shared his most memorable UFO sighting with the Bundaberg NewsMail. The sighting occurred in 1967. On this particular evening, his train was traveling from Maryborough to Bundaberg. He was shocked when a red, spinning UFO appeared in front of the train. He describes the object as looking like “two saucers faced together.” He estimates the craft was approximately thirty-five feet wide, and he got a good look at it too, as it was only fifteen feet in front of the train. Because the UFO was so close, Olsen says he was able to see the craft’s occupants. He describes, “They had a long neck on them and an elongated head – nothing like I’ve ever seen before . . . They looked like nothing on earth, like a stick with a head.”

Olsen asserts that he and his team were instructed not to report the sighting. He explains, “The armed forces told the railway to ‘shut up or you’ll scare the people.'”

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/woman-records-video-of-a-ufo-in-queensland-australia-1083/22905/feed1Spacing Out! Episode 51 – UFO over Santee, Californiahttp://www.openminds.tv/spacing-out-episode-51-ufo-over-santee-california/21878
http://www.openminds.tv/spacing-out-episode-51-ufo-over-santee-california/21878#commentsFri, 31 May 2013 12:30:14 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=21878We discuss a UFO that was photographed over Santee, CA and other space and UFO news on this episode of Spacing Out!

From some angles it is like a green rectangle, and then it has a white object above it almost in a T shape in some angles. At times the white image is above it and at times it is below it. It is almost as though it is turning upside down. It is real hard to explain.

Others have reportedly seen the same, or a similar, UFO in the area.

According to the Queensland Times, Sollitt’s son sent the video to UFO Research Queensland president Sheryl Gottschall who concluded, “I’ve seen a lot of things, but I haven’t seen anything like that . . . not even on the internet. It remains unidentified.”

Sollitt told the Queensland Times, “As far as I am concerned it is an unidentified flying object, but whether it is earth-made or something from outer space . . . you just wouldn’t know.” But he opined, “It may be a remote-controlled object. But it is something in the sky and it is flying like a plane.”

The strange-looking object could very well be exactly what he described–a remote-controlled object flying like a plane. The online zine Who Forted? recently pointed out that glowing wings are sold for model airplane enthusiasts who want to fly their planes at night. And owners of remote-controlled gliders have been adorning their craft with LED lights to enable night flying for years.

Although an illuminated, remote-controlled glider is a likely identification for this mysterious object, no positive identification has been made, and therefore the object remains unidentified.

Watch the video below of an illuminated glider to see the similarities between it and the UFO recorded by Sollitt. And share your thoughts with us in the comments below, or on the Open Minds Facebook page.